Tour Guide
South Londons Only Walking Guide
Brixton Tours
Brixton Tours welcomes you to an alternative view of London. We'll take you to see a colourful, vibrant and full of life place in London.
We offer 1 hour tours around Brixton. The tour will awaken your sight, sound and smell giving you a unique experience that only Brixton has to offer.
Brixton is a special place which has always been a home to a multi cultural society - a mix of white and black live in harmony. The area is home to many artists and musicians. During the 1980's many young people discovered Brixton as students or squatters: today much has changed - but also has stayed the same.
Today's tourist are ever more demanding of London - they wish to see a more true to life version of London, something different from the glitz and glamour of the West End. Brixton Tours gives exactly this, we show you a real life expression of London's life.
The Brixton Tours website is still under construction. Our new website will be going up soon. Please see below for details of the tours that we give.
We cater for everyone - large groups or individuals. Call or email to discuss details of our tours.
Brixton Tours - Walking Guide
This 1 hour walking tour costs £12.50p per person for group tours and £20 for one to one individual guides. The price includes food & fruit tastings along the way.
1 o'clock - pm - Monday - Friday Bookings Only
Sat/Sun - One to One personal tours
Meet at the corner of:
The Lounge Cafe
56 - 58 Atlantic Road
Brixton SW9
Tel: 0207 733 5229
Atlantic Road & Walk Down Railton Road
- Dogstar: Different DJ's everynight
- Lounge - No. 58 Atlantic Road - Chill Out place for coffee, teas, fresh juice smoothies and the famous Lounge breakfasts.
- David Grieg opened his first grocery store in the late 1800'S at the age of 22 which later became the biggest grocery chain in Britain.
- The Bettie Morton Gallery. Brixton's first mainstream art gallery
- Brixton Riots 1981 - 1985
Kellet Road
- Look at old Victorian Houses, squatters
- Effra Pub - Jazz Music - Pub Lunches
- River Effra
- Brockwell Park
- Lido Swimming Pool/Yoga/Massage
- Hobgoblin - Beer Garden - Brixton comedy club c. 100 yrs
- St Matthews Square / Peace Garden:
- Church there from 1820's - Grave Yard
- Bug Bar / Mass Club / Bah Humbug Restaurant
Brixton Hill
- Fridge Bar & Fridge Club (1913)
- Town Hall
- Traid - 2nd Hand Shop
- Old Windmill - Brixton Prison - Effra River (1816)
Tate Library
- Donated by the Tate Family in 1892. A family who had slaves for sugar cane, and invented the sugar cube.
Brixton Road
- Ritzy Cinema: purpose built cinema which opened in 1911 as Electric Pavillion. The letters E.P. are displayed in the corner wall. It's still the oldest functioning cinema in South London but was restored and extended in the 1990's.
- Brixton Academy: opened in 1929, a major music venue which has seen everyone from REM to Madonna play intimate gigs there.
- Skateboard area
- Landor Road: free acupuncture
- Vauxhall: large Portugese area
- Bon Marche: 1877 first department store in the UK was opened by a man called James Smith after he won £40,000 on the horses,
Brixton Station Road
- Brixton Recreation Centre - swim
- Built 30 years ago
- Brixton art gallery
Electric Avenue
- First shopping street in England to be lit by electricity, fabric's, meat & vegetables.
Granville Arcade
- 1938 one of Europe's biggest Caribbean food markets, exotic markets, specialist fish. Dagon's Fish Stall 50 year's family business. Fresh Flowers cut-price, CD's, DVD's . clothes stalls, bakery and art & craft.
Tel:
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Email:
Web:
+44 (0) 1843 840737
+44 (0) 7951 676 015
jaybrixton@hotmail.com
www.brixtontours.co.uk